If you want to start a Literature/ … Read Now. See the list below. The movie opens with shots of Atlanta and Sharky walking along on his way to the drug-bust and we hear the song “Street Life” by Randy Crawford playing. Sharky’s Machine (novel, 1978; film 1981) features tough Atlanta cop Sharky and his team, the ‘machine’.
Sharky's Machine starts off with a bang. Sharky, a narcotics cop, is in the middle of an undercover drug sting when it goes completely awry where several innocent civilians are killed or hurt. Sharky's Machine (1981) Official Trailer - Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward Movie HD - Duration: 1:51. Inexact title. Their leader, Sharky, is a blue collar detective, a red blooded male stereotype. By: William Diehl. We do have:Film/Sharkys MachineTrivia/Sharkys MachineIf you meant one of those, just click and go.
But it also has the special qualities of the relationship between Reynolds and Ward (more fully developed than the camaraderie between Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve , as another hooker in another thriller, “ Hustle ,” in 1974). I love that song! To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.
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“Sharky’s Machine” does have a lot of action, including an extended, exhausting, brutal shoot-out at the end. Sharky's Machine (1981) Official Trailer - Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward Movie HD - Duration: 1:51. He started writing his first novel, Sharky's Machine, while serving as a juror. The novel was published in 1978 and was later made into a movie.
His novel, Primal Fear, also became a movie. Sharky is able to eventually bring the guy down, but because of the whole botched operation he is quickly demoted to Vice. Sharky (Burt Reynolds) is an undercover cop who fouls up an assignment and is kicked downstairs to the vice squad -- a rough-shod bunch of hellraisers who make life miserable.
1:51. Sharky’s Machine was Diehl’s first novel, and he went on to write nine more before his death in 2006, including Primal Fear which was made into a film starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton.
He died of aortic embolism on November 24, 2006.
His other works include Chameleon, Hooligans, The Horse, Show of Evil, Reign in Hell, and Eureka. What follows is music from Sarah Vaughan, Doc Severinsen and also the great Chet Baker. Source "Sharky's Machine" (1978) novelist William Diehl was in negotiations to pen the movie's screenplay from his own novel according to the 27th September 1978 edition of show-business trade paper 'Daily Variety' but in the end the film script for the picture was … this book is no doubt set in my home town of savannah georgia. Sharky’s Machine (2) View larger image. A William Diehl novel was the source of the noirish nailbiter Sharky's Machine. the author did a great bit of homework for this one.
It’s one of many reasons I like Sharky’s Machine, because it’s a good’un.
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Diehl was already over 50 years old when he began his career as an author, and made an impressive debut with Sharky’s Machine. They are the modern day equivalents of knights: bound by common decency, duty, and loyalty.